University Library
T he H ermiston H erald
HERMISTON, UMATILLA COUNTY, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 31, 1917
VOL. XI
ONE BURGLAR
NOI CAUGHT
After a search of tbe country for
several miles around where tbe post-
office burglar escaped the bunt has
been given up and officers all over the
Northwest are now watching for the
man to show up at some point. It is
felt, however, that in the one caught
the most dangerous of the two was se
cured. He admits being an old hand
at the business and that be did tbe
real work on the Hermiston postoffice
safe while tbe other man kept waten.
A checking up by Postmaster Young
showed $83 In cash, $114 in stamps and
a gold watch belonging to J. H. Wil
liams bad been taken.
On the man
captured half the money, tbe watcb
■nd all but $3.42 of tbe stamps were
found. The stamps were of one, two
and three cent denomination with a
few postage due.
The man caught claims to have
come from California and that this
was his first job in Oregon.
Sheriff
Taylor would doubtless have gotten
the other man bad he had ammunition
to fit his gun as he supposed. He has
a record for never shooting a man onlv
as a last resort and fully expected to
get this one until be had emptied bis
gun without trying to bit him and
then found he bad no more ammuni
tion.
TEN YEARS AGO
Tbe government warehouse is about
completed.
Dr. Strohecker’« borne is almost
ready for occupancy.
Mrs. H. T. Fraser and son have ar-
rived to join Mr. Fraaer.
The home of Ross Newport, now
under way, will cost $1,600.
. The finishing touches on tbe Hotel
Will lass« are being ot or.
C. K. Bland has begun excavation
for his store on Second near Hermiston
avenue.
H. E. Illsley has recently been ap
pointed local agent for the Portland
Oregonian.
To tbe almoat completed new O. R.
& N. elation is to be added a ware
house at once.
Col. H G. Newport is platting his
40 acre addition to Hermiston and will
sell lot« from *50 up.
Services at tbe chapel car continue
with interest. Next Sunday Rev.
Allen of Irrigon will preach.
Glen B. Williams has received 500
peach trees and will plant them on his
five acre tract west of Hermiston.
Tbe brick walls of the three stores
and a bank on Hermiston avenue are
about completed and tbe work of fin
ishing the building is well under way.
Hermiston is to have two churches
built this year as far as movemen.s
indicate now, Baptist and Methodist.
Both denominations have a strong
membership in Hermiston.
At a meeting of the school board
last Tuesday evening a petition was
presented requesting an election for
the purpose of selecting a site for a
school bouse. April 20 was tbe date
set for the election.
Col. H. G Newport spent three days
in Portland this werk buying a pump,
gasoline engine and large tank for a
water system for Hermiston. The
plant will be large enough to supply
water for domestic use and irrigating
lawns and trees and will be a great
convenience.
SAPPER GETS SIX
NEW CARS SUNDAY
Sunday was Ford day at Irrigon.
Tbe boat from Portland got up that
far with 16 new Fords, but low water
kept it from going above that point.
Of its load of cars six were for Sapper
Bros, of this city. As soon as word
was received aix men went down and
brought the car« to this city.
All six cars were sold before re
reived and deliveries were made this
week. Those getting them were E
T. Eriksen, H. M. Straw, E. L. Jack-
son, W. A. Mikesell. Entry A Girts
and Geo. Strohm. Others are sold and
will be delivered just aa soon as it is
possible to get another shipment.
Using the reclamation service fig
ures ns to ibs population of tbe Her-
miston country there Is now an auto-
mobile to every 25 people. Six years
ago there wasn't one in the entire
country.
HIGH SCHOOL NOTES
Tbe oratorical contest will be held
April 12 at the high school auditorium
No admission will be charged.
Tbe date of the high school operetta.
“Windmill of Holland,” has been set
for Friday, April 13. The characters
will appear in the regular Dutch cor-
turnes including wooden shoes, bodices
and caps. Almost the entire student
body will take part in tbe play. Var-
ious other numbers will be given in
addition to the little opera.
FATHER AND SON SIT IN NEXT CONGRESS
MB!
Mr. and Mrs. F. Swayze and family
were callers in this district Wednes
day.
8
Rev. Tboroughman visited again at
tbe Leathers home from Friday till
Tuesday.
W. W. Rodgers is building three
new rooms on Mr. Sheridan’s home on
Butter creek.
Mr. and Mrs. Gentry and Gertrude
from the wheat country were Tuesday
callers at the F. Beddow home.
Eudith Kelly was home from Tnurs-
day till Monday. She is working in
The Dalles as stenographer for a real
estate firm.
Mr. Akers and son, from Wasco, are
here to make their home. Mrs. Akers
and two daughters are expected soon.
Mr. Akers has purchased the Tbos.
Loyd place.
Mr and Mrs. Ted Sipperand daugh
ter started out in a car to call at tbe
parental Anna Sapper home and Lot
stalled east of the new cement ditch
by the Geo. B<ddow place.
When congress meets In special session oti April 1(1 a father and son will sit
together, a very rare case in our history. They are Senator John H Bankhead
and Representative Elect William B. Bankhead from Alabama
BOARDMAN NEWS
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
BUTTER CREEK ITEMS
SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE
S. H. Boardman is planting potatoes
B. J. Nation was a Hermiston visi
on his island.
tor Saturday.
J. C. Ballenger returned Thursday
George Ransier was a Butter Creek
from Hermiston.
visitor Saturday.
Chas. Nlzer moved out to bis farm
Erwin Basey is reported to be quite
the first of tbe week.
ill at his home west of Butter Creek.
Stanly Hatch, son of W. N. Hatch,
H. D. Newell of the reclamation ser-
came in Monday on 18.
vice made a business call at Canfield’s
F. F. Kiitz moved his bouse on their Saturday.
lot and put a new roof on his Kitchen.
W. H. Daughtrey of Portland, spent
Mrs. C. S. Mack left for a two weeks Saturday and Sunday at the Umatilla
visit with her parents in Richland, ranch looking after his stock interests
there.
Wash.
Mrs. R. C. Canfield returned Friday
C. G. Blayden left Sunday on No. 1
for Scotts Mill wbere they will spend the 23rd from a six mouths’ visit with
her mother and other relatives in
the summer.
Ohio.
Last week was a week of wind for
Rev. J. E. Faucett preached at the
this section doing some damage to
school bouse last Sunday afternoon.
chicken houses and tents.
Frank Guiwits
R. Johnson of Portland came Wed He will be out again April 8 at 3 p. m.
nesday and is busy building on bis AU are urged to come to bear him.
Comedy Specialty ..
Song—“Whistle It"
..Gladys Smith and Dancing Chorus homestead he filed on this spring.
Mr. Oliver, traveling freight agent
of tbe O. W. R. & N. was here Thurs.
day looking up our depot facilities.
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Moore Bros., contractors for tbe O.
Closing Chorus—“Wake Up America”
And singing of National Anthem W. R. & N., are here getting men to
help io putting up a water tank at
with tableau by Mrs. Paul Jones.
' Chorus Members — Misses Gladys Messner.
Smith, Marian Briggs, Fanny Todd,
Janine Brigham, Eleanor Casserly,
Althea Smith, Nellie Davis. Messrs.
Durrell Morchie, Cecil Kelly, Lewen
Schroeder, Louis Garner, Gregory
Finnegan, Harry Chapman.
Accompanists—Mrs. Walter Rees,
Without warning and without pre
Mr. Walber.
vious sickness Albert M Sawin died
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Marian Briggs
Harry Chapman
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UNEXPECTEB DEATH
OF ALBERT SAWIN
KELLOGG WILL GO
TO SOUTB AMERICA
After having the matter under con
sideration for some time, C. W. Kel
logg Tuesday made up his mind to
accept a position in South America
and signed a centraci to go. Mr. Kel
logg expects to leave Hermiston by
April 10, going by way of New York
City. He will be with tbe Chile Ex
ploration Co., as one of its head book-
keepers and will go to Tocopilla,
Chile, though that may not be bis per
manent location. Mrs. Kellogg will
remain here until Mr. Kellogg is
settled, when she expects to join him.
Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg came to Her
miston ten years ago this spring. Dur
ing that time he has been special fis
cal agent of the United States recla
mation service and has mads good in
bis line. For the past seven years Mr.
and Mrs. Kellogg have lived on a
farm just north of town which.was
taken up as a homestead and which
was recently disposed of.
- In leaving Hermiston Mr. Kellogg
will have the best wishes of many
friends who regret bis leaving. This
will also be true of Mrs. Kellogg, both
having been popular in the social life
of the community.
No arrangements have yet been
made for Mr. Keilogg’s successor with
ths reclamation service.
NEWS N
A new phone was Installed this week
in the Kelly home.
READING AND REST
ROOM DENEFIT PLAY
The annual play for the benefit of
the rest room will be given on tbe
evening of April 5 at tbe high school
auditorium.
Tbe entertainment will be similar to
that of last tear. That is, it will be
vaudeville consisting of specialties full
of fun and local hits to make you
laugh but not to hurt.
The company of local artists has
been in training for weeka. Mrs. J.
H. Strohm la the manager and will
take part in tome of tbe acts. Sbe has
gathered around her an array of talent
like has never been before a Hermis
ton audience. It is going to be some
show.
This local vaudeville entertainment
is to be given for funds toward the
support of tbe rest and reading room.
Tbe regular monthly donation of $7.50
from tbe Commercial club, the Civic
club, tbe public library and the Chris-
tian Science church
organization
amounting to $30 per month is not
sufficient to meet all the expenses of
the Civic Center room and last year’s
play gave tbe board about $90 which
paid all déficiences of the previous
year. The board consisting of Messrs.
Dodd, Cressy, Young and Miss Bryant
hope that the entertainment next
Thursday evening will be as success-
ful. The past winter fuel was expen
sive and other incidentals toward mak
ing the rooms a success require more
monev than the regular contributions
of four organizations.
Tbe admission will be 50 cents for
adults and 25 cents for school children.
The leading features of the program
are as follows:
Opening Chorus...............................
........... Hello People, People Hello
Geo. Briggs
Joe Hinkle
Old Time Minstrel Act. John Wutson
John Young
NO 28
Tbe Maxwell Co's, hay cutter is due
at Westland any day now for several
weeks’ work. Hay has advanced in
price and Mr. McNaught is paying
$9 in the slack.
The river has been extremely low
for this time of the year. For some
time the W. L. & I. Co. has had to
have a dam at the headgate to fill
the ditch.
The wind has melted
some of tbe snow in the foothills and
the river is now rising a little.
The Butter Creek social club will
give another of those good time dances
at tbe hall next Saturday night, March
31, to which everyone
invited.
Music will be furnished by the Pen
Wednesday while Bitting in a chair at dleton orchestra and lunch will be
his home on the west side.
No one served.
was with him at the lime but Hugh
Taylor, a neighbor, saw him not more
than five minutes before carrying a
bucket of water to tbe house.
Mr.
Taylor and another neighber followed
him into tbe house where he was found
dead.
.
A meeting in tbe interest of more
A short service will be held at tbe
efficient methods of work will be held
house Saturday morning by Rev.
al the Methodist church on April 3.
Graham and the body will be shipped
The meeting will begin at 2:30 con
to Evansville, Wis, for Interment,
tinuing during the afternoon with a
accompanied by Chas. Sawin
dinner at the church in the evening
Albert M. Sawin came to the Her-
served by the ladies. The evening
miston country five years ago and
session will begiu at 8 o’clock.
with bis brother, Charles, was ergaged
The following subjects will be dis-
in an extensive dairy business. Had
cussed: "Organization” by Rev. R.
he lived until next Tuesday be would
E. Gomal, pastor of the Methodist
have been 59 years of age. He was
church at Pendleton. "The Church
well educated and had made • specialty
Press,” by Rev. Walter Gleiser, pastor
of mathematica. In thia capacity Mr.
of the Methodist church at Athena.
Sawin was inatructor in some of the
"World Missionary Interest” by Rev.
best institutions of learning in tbe
J. F. Cook, pastor of the Methodist
country, including tbe University of
church at Echo. “Christian Steward
Chicago and others of equal standing
ship” by the pastor of the church at
Just prior to coming here be was
Hermiston. The public Is urged to
forced to give up his work on account
attend all these meetings.
of too close application.
As a resident of ibis section Mr. Tbe three visiting brethren will
present their subjects st tbe Columbia
Sawin was well thought of by all
school bouse on tbe evening of tbe 4tb.
knowing him, but on account of his
retiring disposition bl« acquaintance
Marshfield—100,000 ton coal order
was small.
bid on by local mine operator.
Eugene—Fruit grower« are to build
Salem—State highway engineer has
plans for three wooden lift bridges for addition to association building.
Eugene—Machinery shipped for «bin-
Coos county and a concrete arch bridge
gle mill on north fork of Siuslaw.
at Moody over Des Chutes.
AN EFFICIENCY
CAMPAIGN TUESDAY
GOVERNMENT
RATE LOWER
Wednesday evening tbe council, sit
ting as a board ol equalization, ap
proved the irrigation assessment aa
proposed and published. This assess
ment is six cents a front foot in the
irrigation district including the two
original 40 acre tracts and a few lota
outside.
The assessment last year
was 8 cents a front foot.
Tbe matter of greatest interest waa
the new contract with the government
for irrigation water. Under tbe old
contract tbe city paid a rate of $1.50
per acre foot.
The new contract as
submitted gives the first two acre feet
for SI.50 and then 50 cen's an acre
foot thereafter.
Last year the city used approxi-
mately 6 acre feet. On this same basis
the city will save $280 a year in cost or
water. This will mean a further re-
duction of the assessment next year
RECENT BOOKS AT
HERMISTON LIBRARY
Mrs. Brunson received a telegram
Sunday announcing the death of ber
father, D. Mac Naughton, at Fort
Wayne, Ind , March 21. Tbe sympa
Books recently received al the Her-
thy of Columbia district friends is ex miston branch of the county library
tended Mrs. Brunson.
include tbe following juvenile:
Alcott, Rose io bloou ; Allen, Indus
Mr. Fisher has rented several places
and is working them all for the hay. trial studies United Slates; Baldwin,
Mr. Sellers and Mr. Fisber have to Fairy stories and fables; Brooke, Man
gether rented the Brassfield pasture In the moon; Burgess, Tommy and tbe
Nursery
on tbe Columbia river. Mr. Sillers wishing stone; Chisholm,
will pasture cattle and Mr. Fisber rhymes; Coffin, Boys of ‘76; Collins,
horses.
Book of stars: Cox, Brownies abroad;
Floyd Hoisingtor, one of the Colum Daulton, Marooning of Peggy; Davies,
Eggleston,
Signal
boys;
bia boys, was called out to join his Phyllis;
regiment. He left Monday morning George, Little journeys to Cuba and
on tbe motor. Floyd joined an Idaho Porto Rico; Grover, Sunbonnet babies
regiment and was tn the service on the in Holland; Guerber, Story of the
Mexican border and just came home a chosen people; Hawthorn«. Tangle-
wood tales. Hofer, Children’s singing
few weeks ago from the south.
games; Jewel', Hopi the cliff dweller ;
Rev. and Mrs. Graham and Esther
Laing, Readers book 2; Laing, Read
-undertook to bling Mrs. E. E. Graham
ers book 3; Lang, Animal story book
who arrived from Puyailup Tuesday,
reader; Mabie, Norse stories; McFar
out to their new borne, and their car
land, Redney McGaw;
McMurray.
got stalled. They returned to Her-
Pioneers of the Rocky mountains and
miston and Mrs. Graham continued
the west; Olcott, Story-telling poems;
her journey in Mrs. Lay's buggy.
Riley, Songs of the child's world;
The storm of last week did quite a Rolt-Wheeler, Monster hunters; Roh-
bit of damage to the roads in Colum Wheeler, Thomas A. Edison;
St.
bia district. Ou account of so much Nicholas, Indian stories; Scudder,
new land being opened up and tbe Book of legends; Seton, Wild animals
blow coming before it was strawed, the I have known; Shafer, Harper’s be
roads adjacent are completely covered ginning electricity; Sidney, Five little
with sand and will have to be brushed peppers and how they A rew; Skinner,
again. Auto drivers who were used to Merrv tales; Stevenson, Days and
good roads to the east end get stalled deeds—prose; Wiley, Children of tbe
with their cars.
cliff; Wyss, Swiss family Robinson.
IDAHO MAN GETS
DOCTORS WILL USE
ADJOINING SUITS
SORRELLS PUCE
The west rooms of tbe second floor
of tbe bank building are being re
modeled and when completed will be
occupied by Dis. Wainscott and Camp
bell. The new arrangement will give
one large reception room for the use
of both and each will also have two
private rooms.
As rearranged the reception room
will be what was Dr. Campbell’s pri-
vate office and work room. Dr. Camp-
ball's operating room will remain the
same and he will have a work room
adjoing this on the east. Dr. Wains
cott will have the two rooms to the
south of the reception room and hopes
to get into his new quarters next week.
INDUSTRIAL NEWS
ITEMS OF THE WEEK
Independence—Farmers and citizens
here working to secure sugar factory.
Coos Bay—Standard Oil Co. plans
$80,000 expenditure for storage tanks
and equipment here to bandle this
territory.
Corvallis—Southern Pacific Company
wishes to make $60,000 improvement
here, franchise pending.
Port Orford—40 pounds of ambergris
found on beach, part sold at $14.00 an
ounce.
Sublimity to have cheese factory.
McKenzie Pass over Cascades to be
first road improved connecting eastern
and westero Oregon.
Marshfield—S. P. Co. io put in steel
drawbridge at Coal Bank Inlet Re-
laying Myrtle Point lino with 80 pound
steei.
Sodaville— Eugene man to build a
hotel bere.
Portland—Federal commission to in-
vest I g ate power site on Columbia
river for g vernment nitrato plant.
Wednesday a deal was closed where
by David Sorrels sold his ranch and
all equipment to F. W. Weinheim, of
Twin Falls, Idaho. Immediate possess
ion is to be given, though Mr. Weir-
beim’« family will not come until
acbool is out in the Idaho city.
Mr. Weinheim had been here look
ing over the Hermiston country for
ten days before he purchased. He
made Mr. Sorrels an offer, understood
to be $6,000 cash, which was al first
refused but later accepted.
Tbe Sorrelia ranch is a spienti d one,
well improved and with substantial
buildings. In all there are about 35
acres, but a small part of this is above
tbe A line and will not be irrigable
until that unit Is taken in. There is
20 acres in alfalfa.
Mr. and Mrs. Sorrels will
soon as possible for their old home in
Missouri.
FRUIT TREES NEED
TO BE SPRAYEB NOW
Superintendent Allen of the ex-
périment station has called attention
to tbe need of spraying fruit trees at
this time and thereby control much
trouble by one thorough coating. This
spray should be applied at the time
when tbe buds of tbe trees begin to
swell quite perceptibly and be com
pleted before tbe buds open.
Spraying at this season Is for San
Jose scale and aphis on the apple,
scale or tbe pear, scale and aphis on
cherries and prunes and peach twig
miner, scale, aphis and leaf curl on
peaches.
The spray should be composed of
lime sulphur of standard make diluted
recording to directions for dormant
trees. To this should be added black-
I leaf 40 at the rate of one part per 1000
• paru of tbe other spray.